My farm is situated in southern Dalarna, close to the river Dalälven. I bought it 2016, after it had not been used for about thirty years. Now I have restored it so far that I recently have moved into it and since eight years I have had hens, goats and sheep. The manure I use to grow vegetables in my garden. Summertime we open a garden café where we sell home made bakeries, sandwiches and pizzas.
My goal is to turn the farm in a multi functional education and recreation center for me, my four grown up kids, my grandchildren, my friends and my pupils.
Since more than 30 years I am teaching ecology at different schools. The first week in September a expect a visit from a class and hope to get help from a wwoofer to help me to prepare the food. I also need help to take care of all pumpkin and apples and make firewood.
But also next year, in June, July and August I really welcome some experienced wwoofers who are service-minded to the guests of the Café and who love to bake cakes, bread and pizza. I prefer wwoofers who want to stay at least several weeks. Couples or families who want to develop this place to an even better place are especially welcome!
I hope you respect that we try to live in a healthy and sustainable way. Alcohol, cigarettes and drugs we try to keep outside the farm.
The farm has an area of 20ha, there are two houses, a little storehouse and a big barn with a stable. One bakery oven, two wood-burning kitchen stoves, six tile stoves two bathrooms and of course a lot of rooms. The distance to my own beach is 200m. There you can borrow a boat to explore Dalälven and its affluents. I also have a sauna, two rafts, several canoes and a lot of bicycles which you can borrow for free.
A bus (#203 from Avesta Krylbo) stops right outside the farm and brings you to Avesta within about 40 minutes.
Organic methods: We are trying to be a zero waste farm and reuse as much as possible. For growing vegetables we use the manure of the goats, sheep and chickens and to avoid weeds we cover the land with straw.
Certifications: Not yet
Internet access available summertime
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Grain farming
Poultry farming
Dairy farming
Forestry
Wild foraging
Flower farming
Bakery
Renewable energy production
Methods or systems
Biodynamic agriculture
Holistic management
Permaculture
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
Former WWOOFer
20
Hectares
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49.4
Acres
